give baseball a more global reach and gain an audience among fans

Major League Baseball and Facebook have teamed up for an agreement to show 25 regular season afternoon games live on the social media platform this year, which works out to one a week.

The Giants last of a Johnny Cueto Jersey four game series against the Phillies in Philadelphia on Thursday morning was recently announced as this week s Facebook game, according to a press release.

There s one big problem the game will only be shown on Facebook - meaning anyone without an account is out of luck, as the game won t be aired on TV or through MLB apps.

It s a deal that was set this March in the offseason and received criticism at the time. Now, it s infuriating Giants fans and http://www.giantsfanaticsjersey.com/brandon-belt-jersey-c-45.html even beat writers most of whom don t watch the games on TV because, well, they re in the press box , who for years have been able to see all 162 games via televised broadcast.
Some also weighed in on the odd timing of the deal. Facebook has been at the center of controversy on topics including advertising, data misuse and privacy, so some fans are unhappy with MLB s decision to team up with the social media giant. The partnership deal was unanimously approved by all 30 team owners.

MLB joined forces with Facebook to stream 20 games in 2017, but those broadcasts weren t Facebook only exclusives.

Here s what baseball enthusiasts had to say
As pointed out by Henry Schulman, Giants beat writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, it s a partnership intended to give baseball a more global reach and gain an audience among fans who may not have cable http://www.giantsfanaticsjersey.com/buster-posey-jersey-c-44.html, but do have a Facebook account which is free . Most baseball enthusiasts still don t think that s reason enough to yank a game off TV , leaving fans who don t have a social media presence - many of them elderly - in the dark, perhaps dusting off their radio dials to hear the play by play.